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hallway

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈhɔːlweɪ/
  • Northumbria: /ˈhaːlweɪ/
  • US: /ˈhɔlˌweɪ/
  • cot-caught-merger: /ˈhɑlˌweɪ/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: HH AO1 L W EY2 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A corridor in a building that connects rooms.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the elevators were at the end of the hall

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: hall

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: corridor

Narrower terms: concourse

History

Etymology

From hall + way.

Across languages

Translations

12 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Danish: gang — corridor
  • Danish: gangareal — corridor
  • Dutch: gang — corridor
  • Hindi: गलियारा (galiyārā) — corridor
  • Hungarian: előszoba — corridor
  • Ingrian: kalindora — corridor
  • Spanish: pasillo — corridor
  • Spanish: pasadizo — corridor
  • Spanish: carrejo — corridor
  • Ottoman Turkish: دهلیز (dehliz, dihliz) — corridor
  • Ottoman Turkish: آرالق (aralık) — corridor
  • Ottoman Turkish: قوریدور (koridor) — corridor